World’s oldest man, Yisrael Kristal dies at 113

Polish-born Yisrael Kristal, who was officially recognized as the world’s oldest man by the Guinness Book of Records in March 2016, and the only member of his immediate family to survive the Holocaust has died at the age of 113.

Yisreal, son of a religious scholar who is survived by two children, as well as grandchildren and great-grandchildren, died on Friday, August 11, 2017 just one month before he was due to turn 114..